12 October 2010

Economics Update

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Small Business Hiring Down


The index still sucks wet farts from dead pigeons

H/t Calculated Risk for the graph pr0n
Oh, those invisible bond vigilantes are at again, with the 3-year Treasuries hitting a record low yield, 0.57%. (!)

Meanwhile the National Federation of Independent Business released its September survey of small business optimism, and the numbers remain grim, essentially flat, up from 88.8 to 89.0 from August, still highly contractionary, and the businesses are looking to lay off more workers.

We also saw 30-year mortgage rates continue to fall, but no one is borrowing, because non one is buying.

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